A couple of weeks ago in April, right before my mom’s birthday, I was out with a friend in Sioux Falls. We were walking around his old elementary school just reminiscing. It was a perfect night dead quiet, no wind, and the sky was completely clear.

I’m always stargazing, so I looked up and saw this massive, light directly above us. It wasn't like a spotlight or a beam that lit up the street it looked more like a giant, high-powered LED light bulb sitting in the middle of the sky. It was easily 40 times brighter and bigger than any star or planet.

Even though it was way up there, I could tell it was huge. If I had put my thumb up to the sky, it would have covered the light but I didn't even get the chance. I honestly felt like the second I looked at it, it 'saw' me back. The light just clicked off and the thing vanished. Then, a heartbeat later, it flickered back on and off again several hundred feet away. It covered that distance instantly and in total silence. I turned to my friend and said did you see that! but he was too busy talking and missed the whole thing. I am 20 years old and that's the first time I have seen anything like that and its mind boggling and amazing. thought I would share my story with all the ufo files that have been released yesterday. 05/09/2026 I am going to observe the night sky, and I will have a camera this time so I can come back.